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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 206 Filed 04/16/21 Page 2 of 22 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page I. The 2003 Amendment Does Not Apply Retroactively. ..........0cccccccccccceescecsceenseteseeenseensaes 2 A. Step One: Congress Did Not Expressly Prescribe Retroactivity and Rejected a Proposal to Do S00... ccccccccccccceecceecceeececeeenseceseeeseeecsseenseensesesseessetenseens 3 1. Congress’ explicit rejection of a retroactivity provision ends the inquiry at step one in Ms. Maxwell’s favor. .........00ccccccceeccceeceeceeenteeneeeeees 2. Cases applying the 2003 Amendment retroactively are readily distinguishable. 2.0.0.0... ee ccccccccccceseceseceeseeceeecnseceseeesseecssesusecesseesseeeneenseeeses 5 3. The government cannot prevail at step OMe... eee cece eeeeeeteeeteeees 7 B. Step Two: Application of the 2003 Amendment to Ms. Maxwell’s Alleged Offenses Would Have Impermissible Effects...0...00..00ccccccccccecceceeseeeeecesseesseeenseens 8 II. Section 3283 Does Not Apply at All. oo. cc ccc ccc ccceccecceeececseeesesrseeenseecseeenseenseeenseessees 10 A. Section 3283 Applies Only to Offenses that Necessarily Entail the Sexual Abuse or Physical Abuse, or Kidnapping, of a Child. .......... cece eeeeeeeeees 11 B. The Offenses Charged in Counts One Through Four Do Not Necessarily Entail the Sexual or Physical Abuse or Kidnapping of a Child... 14 CONCLUSION 1.00... cccccccccccccescceeesesseesseeeesesusseecuasseeuacseesaesaesuecseesessaseeesascsesaecaeesecseeecnaseestaseseeaeenees 16 DOJ-OGR-00003654